Feeling Far From Home with Esperansita Bejnarowicz

About this episode

The episode explores the feelings of grief and longing associated with living between cultures and identities, featuring a conversation with Esperansita Bejnarowicz.

Have you ever felt like you were living between worlds? Maybe you've moved across countries or cultures. Maybe your family story carries immigration, missionary work, military life, trauma, loss, or displacement. Or maybe, even surrounded by familiar people and places, you still carry an ache for belonging — a longing to feel fully known, rooted, and at home. Today, Dan and Rachael sit down with Esperansita Bejnarowicz, who is a story coach, an NFTC Certified Facilitator with the Allender Center, and the founder of Far From Home. Together, they explore the hidden grief, loneliness, and longing that can come from living "far from home" — geographically, emotionally, spiritually, and relationally. Esperansita reflects on the experience of living between identities, cultures, languages, expectations, and communities, and the ways these in-between spaces can leave us carrying forms of grief that often go unseen or unnamed. The conversation also considers the story of Jesus as someone deeply acquainted with displacement: a child forced to flee, a man who "had no place to lay his head," and someone who understood sorrow, exile, and longing for home. Through her own story and the…

People in this episode

Hosts: Dan, Rachael

Guest: Esperansita Bejnarowicz

Topics covered

• belonging
• displacement
• identity
• grief
• loneliness
• cultural transition

Keywords

• immigration
• missionary work
• military life
• trauma
• loss
• spirituality
• home
• belonging

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Allender Center, Far From Home

Books & works: Jesus

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